Norwich City 3-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

Norwich City 3-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Norwich City 3-1 Rotherham United: match report

Norwich City won against Rotherham United 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Wesley Hoolahan opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Wesley Hoolahan (17'), Cameron Jerome (65') and S. Naismith (89'). Rotherham United scored through Dexter Blackstock (74').

Discipline: Norwich City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 2nd on 23 points from 11 and Rotherham United 24th on 6 points from 11. Norwich City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Hoolahan of Norwich City (9.4), ahead of Alex Pritchard (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Wesley HoolahanNorwich City · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · Cameron JeromeNorwich City · 2-0
  • 74'Goal · Dexter BlackstockRotherham United · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Isaiah BrownRotherham United
  • 89'Goal · S. NaismithNorwich City · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 2, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michael McGovern, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Martin Olsson, Alexander Tettey, Graham Dorrans, Jacob Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, Alex Pritchard, Cameron Jerome

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Lee Camp, Greg Halford, Dael Fry, Dominic Ball, Darnell Fisher, Jon Taylor, Lee Frecklington, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward